HeyBourget
@heybourget.bsky.social
Writer, creative, island-loving traveler and student of life. #scuba #treehugger #ocean
Stunning.
I always thought the first time I had a chance to see and photograph the Aurora it would be somewhere like Iceland, or Alaska. I was wrong. It was in New Mexico! 😂
And if you look closely, you can see a bit of the Milky Way up above as well.
#on1pics #photography #astrophotography
And if you look closely, you can see a bit of the Milky Way up above as well.
#on1pics #photography #astrophotography
December 24, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Stunning.
She was an American treasure.
Sad to hear that Betty Soskin died, but at 104, she moved through time, and with impact. I talked with her 10 years back in a very short profile for The American Scholar:
#BettyReidSoskin
theamericanscholar.org/riveting/
#BettyReidSoskin
theamericanscholar.org/riveting/
Riveting - The American Scholar
theamericanscholar.org
December 22, 2025 at 10:48 PM
She was an American treasure.
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While on a science diving trip in Kona, Hawaii, a group of Aquarium staffers encountered a humpback whale. 🐋 The experience led them to commemorate the whale sighting with matching tattoos.
There’s wonder in ocean life and caring for it helps us all. Defend endangered species: mbayaq.co/4j2znrt
There’s wonder in ocean life and caring for it helps us all. Defend endangered species: mbayaq.co/4j2znrt
Tides & Tattoos: A whale sighting to remember
YouTube video by Monterey Bay Aquarium
youtu.be
December 19, 2025 at 7:29 PM
While on a science diving trip in Kona, Hawaii, a group of Aquarium staffers encountered a humpback whale. 🐋 The experience led them to commemorate the whale sighting with matching tattoos.
There’s wonder in ocean life and caring for it helps us all. Defend endangered species: mbayaq.co/4j2znrt
There’s wonder in ocean life and caring for it helps us all. Defend endangered species: mbayaq.co/4j2znrt
I’m so proud to get to dive with these outstanding professionals at the Monterey Bay Aquarium! #scuba #mbaquarium
While on a science diving trip in Kona, Hawaii, a group of Aquarium staffers encountered a humpback whale. 🐋 The experience led them to commemorate the whale sighting with matching tattoos.
There’s wonder in ocean life and caring for it helps us all. Defend endangered species: mbayaq.co/4j2znrt
There’s wonder in ocean life and caring for it helps us all. Defend endangered species: mbayaq.co/4j2znrt
Tides & Tattoos: A whale sighting to remember
YouTube video by Monterey Bay Aquarium
youtu.be
December 19, 2025 at 7:57 PM
I’m so proud to get to dive with these outstanding professionals at the Monterey Bay Aquarium! #scuba #mbaquarium
This is fantastic!
📚 University of the People’ offers a free college education to anyone in the world!
It’s the first nonprofit, tuition-free, accredited online university and is currently reaching around 150,000 students around the world.
It’s the first nonprofit, tuition-free, accredited online university and is currently reaching around 150,000 students around the world.
December 18, 2025 at 7:09 PM
This is fantastic!
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How cool is the deep sea?
"While most sea slugs use a raspy tongue to feed on prey attached to the seafloor, the mystery mollusc uses a cavernous hood to trap crustaceans like a Venus fly trap plant."
(from last year, but still v cool)
🦑 www.mbari.org/news/mbari-r...
(from last year, but still v cool)
🦑 www.mbari.org/news/mbari-r...
MBARI researchers discover remarkable new species of swimming sea slug • MBARI
A new nudibranch species is the first known to inhabit the ocean’s midnight zone and has unique adaptations for life in this environment.
www.mbari.org
December 7, 2025 at 9:19 PM
How cool is the deep sea?
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THANK YOU MIKE!!
November 24, 2025 at 2:21 PM
THANK YOU MIKE!!
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25 new follows to go...
Isn't the #Brockenspectre phenomenon the most mindblowing visual experience? It is basically a fully circular cloudbow & it happens often at the summit of #Haleakalā Volcano. 🌤️🌈
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November 17, 2025 at 7:45 PM
25 new follows to go...
Agreed. Teen Vogue has done outstanding work. Sorry to hear this.
This is terrible news. Teen Vogue has done tremendous political journalism in the Trump era. More outlets could learn from their courage and clear-eyed coverage.
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Agreed. Teen Vogue has done outstanding work. Sorry to hear this.
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If I could give one piece of advice to anyone trying to educate themselves on any subject in 2025, it would be to spend less time on ChatGPT and more time on Wikipedia.
November 2, 2025 at 4:34 PM
If I could give one piece of advice to anyone trying to educate themselves on any subject in 2025, it would be to spend less time on ChatGPT and more time on Wikipedia.
Power.
This is why I am so proud to be a Democrat. We are NOT the same as Republicans. We are just fundamentally different people and the corporate media is WORTHLESS. Well done Rep. Joe Neguse!
@neguse.house.gov gives a lesson on how to reframe a journalist’s stupid question about #SNAP! 💪🏼
October 31, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Power.
Hey look! @montereybayaquarium.org
Taylor Swift fans recently spotted the popstar in a vintage Monterey Bay Aquarium t-shirt during her Life of a Showgirl album release movie.
Read more: https://www.ksbw.com/article/taylor-swift-spotted-90s-monterey-bay-aquarium-shirt-during-album-release-party/68855397
Read more: https://www.ksbw.com/article/taylor-swift-spotted-90s-monterey-bay-aquarium-shirt-during-album-release-party/68855397
October 8, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Hey look! @montereybayaquarium.org
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If I Ran the Media™
Fewer stories on:
—How Dems Need to Change Their Messaging
—How [event xx] Will Play w [voter bloc YY]
—How 2028 Field Is Shaping Up
More of:
—Which points of resistance are actually working
—What specifically GOP Reps/Sens are so afraid of
—Real-world tariff/immig effects
—ETC
Fewer stories on:
—How Dems Need to Change Their Messaging
—How [event xx] Will Play w [voter bloc YY]
—How 2028 Field Is Shaping Up
More of:
—Which points of resistance are actually working
—What specifically GOP Reps/Sens are so afraid of
—Real-world tariff/immig effects
—ETC
October 6, 2025 at 1:17 PM
If I Ran the Media™
Fewer stories on:
—How Dems Need to Change Their Messaging
—How [event xx] Will Play w [voter bloc YY]
—How 2028 Field Is Shaping Up
More of:
—Which points of resistance are actually working
—What specifically GOP Reps/Sens are so afraid of
—Real-world tariff/immig effects
—ETC
Fewer stories on:
—How Dems Need to Change Their Messaging
—How [event xx] Will Play w [voter bloc YY]
—How 2028 Field Is Shaping Up
More of:
—Which points of resistance are actually working
—What specifically GOP Reps/Sens are so afraid of
—Real-world tariff/immig effects
—ETC
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Jane Goodall - Think Different Poster (2000)
October 4, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Jane Goodall - Think Different Poster (2000)
‘Involved sequentially’: leopard sharks observed mating for first time in wild have threesome. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Involved sequentially’: leopard sharks observed mating for first time in wild have threesome
Menage a trois over in 110 seconds and ‘then the males lost all their energy and lay immobile on the bottom’, marine biologist Dr Hugo Lassauce says
www.theguardian.com
September 22, 2025 at 1:51 PM
‘Involved sequentially’: leopard sharks observed mating for first time in wild have threesome. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Powerful words done so beautifully.
September 18, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Powerful words done so beautifully.
It’s true, they don’t just look smart!
September 1, 2025 at 9:51 PM
It’s true, they don’t just look smart!
Ooh, the secrets of the abyss!
Look at all these lil weirdos just doing their lil ocean thing in blissful ignorance: 🧪 🦑 www.scientificamerican.com/article/stra...
Pastel Pink Lobsters and Goofy-Looking Squid Among Deep-Sea Oddities Discovered in Ocean Abyss
Researchers spied a wild array of life, including dozens of suspected new species, in an underwater gorge
www.scientificamerican.com
August 22, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Ooh, the secrets of the abyss!
Bee buffets — what a lovely concept www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Bee buffets’: the pollinator pathways turning drab alleys into insect havens
Corridors of nectar-rich plants encourage pollination and brighten up city streets at the same time
www.theguardian.com
August 22, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Bee buffets — what a lovely concept www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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August 13, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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The thing I have realized about trans people is that it's *none of my fucking business* and I should just be nice to them like any other person.
August 7, 2025 at 2:12 AM
The thing I have realized about trans people is that it's *none of my fucking business* and I should just be nice to them like any other person.
Two things I really love; volunteer diving and seahorses ❤️
‘It’s spectacular’: volunteer Dorset divers see summer of surging seahorses
‘It’s spectacular’: volunteer Dorset divers see summer of surging seahorses
After efforts to make conditions better for the elusive creatures in Studland Bay, sightings are greatly increasing
www.theguardian.com
July 25, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Two things I really love; volunteer diving and seahorses ❤️
July 24, 2025 at 12:54 AM